Associate in Arts (AA)

The Associate in Arts is intended primarily for students planning on

transferring to a senior college or university to receive a baccalaureate

degree in the following areas: communication, business, social sciences,

humanities, and fine arts. Commencing the fall of 1999, all Associate in

Arts academic core curriculum courses taken at HCC are guaranteed to

transfer and count toward the core curriculum at all Texas public higher

educational institutions.

In addition, if a student successfully completes any part of a field of study

(FOS) curriculum developed by the Texas Higher Education Board, the

FOS courses will be transferred to a Texas public higher educational

institution and must be substituted for that institution’s lower division

requirements in the degree program containing the field of study. The

student shall receive full academic credit for the transferred FOS courses

in the related university degree program. HCC has developed specialized

transfer plans for specific majors and for specific universities. Students

should obtain appropriate transfer plans including FOS courses from a

counselor. Students also need to be aware that universities often have

limitations on the amount of credit that can transfer from community

colleges to universities. That limit is usually around sixty-six semester

hours taken at community colleges.

Required Academic Core*

ENGL 1301 Composition I.................................................................. 3

ENGL 1302 Composition II................................................................. 3

Oral Communication (choose one).......................................................... 3

ARAB 1411; COMM 1307; CHIN 1411, 1412; FREN 1411,

1412; GERM 1411, 1412; JAPN 1411, 1412; RUSS 1411,

1412; SPAN 1411, 1412; SPCH 1311, 1315, 1318, 1321,

1342, 2335, or 2341; VIET 1411, 1412

Humanities (choose one)................................................................... 3

ENGL 2322, 2323, 2327, 2328, 2332, 2333, 2334,2335,

2336, 2341, 2342, 2343, 2353, 2374; PHIL 2306, 2316,

2317

Mathematics ....................................................................................... 3

MATH 1314, 1316, 1324, 1325, 1332, 1342, 2412 , 2413,

2414, 2415

Natural Science with lab.......................................................................... 4

ASTR 1481, 1482; BIOL 1308 & 1108, 1309 & 1109,

1406, 1407, 1411, 1413, 2401, 2402, 2406, 2416, 2420,

2428; CHEM 1405, 1407,1411, 1412, 1413, 1414, 2423,

2425, 2427; ENVR 1401; GEOL 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404,

2430; PHYS 1401, 1402, 1411, 1412, 2325 & 2125, 2326

& 2126, 2425, 2426

Note: Course must have a lab. Please see p. 42 for

Natural Science core curriculum restrictions.

Natural Science (lab optional)................................................................. 3

ANTH 2301; ASTR 1381, 1382, 1481, 1482; BIOL 1308,

1309, 1322, 1406, 1407, 1411, 1413, 2401, 2402, 2406,

2416, 2420, 2428; CHEM 1305, 1307, 1405, 1407, 1411,

1412, 1413, 1414, 2423, 2425, 2427; ENVR 1301, 1401;

GEOL 1345, 1347, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 2430; HECO

1322; PHYS 1305, 1306, 1401, 1402, 2325, 2326.

Note: Please see p. 42 for Natural Science core

curriculum restrictions.

History (choose two)................................................................................ 6

HIST 1301, 1302, 2301

GOVT 2301 Government I.................................................................. 3

GOVT 2302 Government II................................................................. 3

Visual/Performing Arts (choose 3 hours)................................................. 3

Any 3 semester hours of ARTS; DANC; DRAM; MUAP, or

MUSI courses.

Social/Behavioral Science (choose one)................................................. 3

ANTH 2302, 2346, 2351; ECON 2301, 2302, 2311;

GEOG 1302 , 1303, 2312; GOVT 2304; HIST 2389; PHIL

2307; PSYC 2301, 2389; SOCI 1301, 1306, 2301, 2319,

2336, 2374; TECA 1354

Cross/Multicultural Studies (choose one)................................................ 3

ANTH 2302, 2346, 2351; ARTS 1301, 1303, 1304; ECON

2311; ENGL 2322, 2323, 2327, 2328, 2332, 2333, 2334,

2335, 2336, 2341,2342, 2343, 2353, 2374; DANC 2303,

EDUC 1325;GEOG 1302, 1303, 2312; HIST 2311,2312,

2321, 2322, 2380, 2381; HUMA 1301, 1305, 2319, 2323;

MUSI 1306, 1308,1309; PHED 1304; PHIL 1301, 1304,

2307, 2316, 2317, 2321; PSYC 2370; SOCI 1301, 2319,

2374; SPCH 1318; any Foreign Language 1411, 1412,

2311, or 2312.

Other Required Courses

College-Level Electives......................................................................... 17

* No one course may be used to fulfill more than one core category.